Before writing for video games, Ross was a playwright and screenwriter with credits for NBC’s Law & Order and the Webby Award-winning LonelyGirl15 digital series. He also served as the supervising producer for the social media/television/gaming experience The Runner. 

Ross has also worked in virtual reality as a writer for the Oculus Rift launch title Farlands and the award-winning thriller Eclipse: Edge of Light for the Google Daydream, Oculus Go, and Nintendo Switch. As a senior/lead narrative designer in the video game industry, he has written AAA games for EA Sports (NBA Live franchise) and XBox, where he worked on Project Spark, Sunset Overdrive, and Quantum Break. Other titles include Suda 51’s Shadows of the Damned and Telltale Games’ CSI: Deadly Intent. Today, his work includes narrative design for robots, AR experiences, and early stage development for video games.

He has also authored or contributed to the following books:

Storytelling for New Technologies and Platforms (2022)

Editor and contributor

Dramatic Storytelling & Narrative Design: A Writer’s Guide to Video Games and Transmedia (2019)

Author

Professional Techniques for Video Game Writing (2020)

Contributor